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Brick Lane inhabitants want Brick Lane: The Movie stopped

The east London borough of Tower Hamlets is up in arms again against Booker-nominated author Monica Ali and her novel Brick Lane. Now that a movie's in the making, they're really pissed. According to a ... Read More »

July 19, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Publishers want bigger piece of the picture pie

By Cassandra Drudi

Random House won't settle for $7-million – they want a bigger piece of the The Devil Wears Prada movie pie! As the film nears the coveted $100-million box office mark, according to an L.A. Times ... Read More »

July 18, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Australian publishers don't like the cut of Nobel-winner's jib

By Cassandra Drudi

Australia's only Nobel Prize-winning author must be rolling in his grave this week -- not a single major publisher or literary agent would release his stuff today, it seems. Earlier this summer, The Australian sent ... Read More »

July 18, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

The continuing decline of the book club

By Cassandra Drudi

After we reported last month on certain New York young ladies who eschew reading in favour of X-rated gabbing in their book clubs, Quillblog has another book club shocker, courtesy of a Bookninja-linked Denver Post ... Read More »

July 12, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Brit indies stick it to The Man

By Cassandra Drudi

Indie booksellers in Canada may think they've got it bad when it comes to the ever-encroaching chains, but English booksellers took another blow last week when "Ottakar's, the second-largest book chain, finally fell to the ... Read More »

July 11, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

The summer reading list — with a twist

By Cassandra Drudi

The summer months seem to be an open invitation for everyone who's ever stuck their nose in a book to offer their summer reading recommendations, lists that are often peppered with questionable choices and sometimes ... Read More »

July 5, 2006 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Book reviews are so easy even a child could do it

By Cassandra Drudi

Fresh reviewer on the literati scene and CNN.com special reporter Andrew Oglesby writes a top-notch book review, despite the fact that the man is a mere six years old. CNN.com staffer Christy Oglesby's kid was ... Read More »

July 5, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

World's all-time silliest library expansion

By Cassandra Drudi

The Literary Saloon linked to a Gulf Times article about one of the loneliest libraries in the world: the Qatar National Library. Despite being the country's oldest standing library, "not even a quarter of its ... Read More »

July 4, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Film to book

By Leigh Anne Williams

Whither the novelization? That's the question Slate asks in a recent piece, noting that the once-thriving literary subgenre of quickie screenplay adaptations is now limited to only the most genre-friendly of movies. For example, there ... Read More »

June 30, 2006 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Books join the Netflix age

By Cassandra Drudi

Bookninja links to a Ledger story about a new service offered by Florida libraries that delivers your books right to your doorstep. All residents of Polk County can take advantage of Polk County Library Collective's ... Read More »

June 29, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

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